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| Duration: 41 mins approx |
| Made: 1996 |
| Written by: Ian Taylor |
| Produced and Directed by: Hylton Collins |
| Cameras: John Hatfield, Eric Davies |
| Edited by: Ian Taylor |
| Released by: Adlib/Moonshine as a Reunion Video |
| Cast: deep breath! Hilton Fitzsimmons, Hylton Collins, Laura Rigg, Melody Martin, Damian Christian, Cliff Lockwood, Eric Davies, Ian Taylor, Paul Holt, Ellen McIntyre, John Field, Frank Walmsley, Michaela Morton, Andrew Feeley, Su Schofield, John Hatfield, Stephen Bell, Graham Forbes, Junior Hardie, Elaine Sullivan, Tina Forbes, Colin Pearson, Sharon McClean, Kyle Donaghue, Dawn Hepworth, Pauline Field. If you ain't in it, you're a nobody |
| Music: Bob Fell, Graham Chadwick |
| Factoids: So that everyone could focus on the film, Ian created an episode guide to the entire 30 year run of a ficticious series! The day of filming the convention, meant coordinating over 70 people at the same time! Ian and Hilton spent 2 months making fake merchandise for the film, most of which is only seen for 3 seconds on a stall! One student, so impressed with the full size Scrignos, got his dad to bring a van to take one home! Despite what the disclaimer says, all the characters are based on someone alive and kicking. It could be you! Eric was so livid, before his bed scene that he refused to do it, and so hyped up, that when he conceded, it was his best acting ever! |
| Roots: Dr Who conventions, DWAS, Earthpark, Nightfall, wonderful folks who have made an impression on me over the years. |
| Locations: Oldham, Rochdale, Sudden |
| Best Bit: Theft of props, Red Stripe in the loos, Eric's private viewing, Guests on stage, autograph panel, stall holders bit, Graham's slap. I am of course rather biased, considering I wrote them all! But these are the ones that are realised well on video, and make me titter when I see them. |
| Dialogue triumphs: "Still troubled by that awful spasming pain?- Oh, me husband, yes, I'm afraid so." " I went for Dick Whittington at Cleethorpes instead" " You don't mean...pirates? GET THAT MAN OUT!!!" |
| Personal view: by Ian Taylor It's the film that no-one speaks of. It brings glares to faces when mentioned. Why? Well, it caused bad feeling at the time between members of Adlib/Moonshine. John's cameras through negligence, got broken, wires torn asunder. There were personal differences during the making, so that some would not be around with others. It had Colin's overpowering persona, bullying cast and crew in a bid to get us to an end. It was the biggest project undertaken, an enormous undertaking, culminating in a day at Granges Arts Centre, Eric with a cold, the mains lead to the cameras not working, 70 people to coordinate and only one crack at doing every Convention scene. The people who made it, hate it. From my point of view, I enjoyed writing this more than anythnig else before. I watch with pride at the end result. I wish I'd directed that, a stupendous achievement. I slaved over the editing, but I knew that the footage was worthy of it. I put heart and soul into this project for most of 1996. I loved creating the props and monsters, conjuring up a fictitious series. I even enjoyed appearing in it for once, though I wish I'd done more with my character. If Adlib/Moonshine's history has indeed ended with this film, then I'm glad. Certainly, we will never better the production values. We will never gather such an ensemble of talent, or have such venues to film in. This film needs to be reappraised, for it is the one that impresses those that were not involved. From a project that was only meant to be for a reunion of the Blackpool Local Group, it turned out to be the crowning jewel, in a tiara already glistening with talent. Adlib bows out, with style! |
| The Bottom Line: It looks lavish, with a never ending cast. The spoof convention idea is terrific, though the Byron scenes are far too long. A lot of the material appears to be one huge in-joke for the cast and its friends, but it holds its own for 40 minutes. A lot of effort and a good result. |
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| Any questions?....anyone? at all? |
| I wonder how much I can sue for? |
| Tina, on her way to another Oscar |
| Leather Joy boy and friends |
| Yes, Kevin, I mean Kenneth. |
| A public peeformance |
| For the next 4 hours, sit back and... |
| The paintwork? Radish Red. |
| Can I go slap a bloke please? |
| A dummy prop. And a Scrigno |
| You really should try the Vibro-chair... |